if you can show us how close we are to a major town or city, to give us an idea of where this school is and how many students are there. again, here's the latest from the wires. from the cnn wires. and they are saying connecticut state police and local authorities are responding to a shooting at the elementary school in southwestern connecticut. the school is sandy hook elementary school. it is on lockdown. they are not being evacuated. that's according to a newtown police spokesman. our wires are saying newton but it is newtown. it appears to not be very close to a city center because our affiliates are telling us that it's going to take them a couple minutes to get to the scene, 30 minutes. if it was close to a major city, it would not take that long to get out to this elementary school. as you know, the media is usually located in larger urban areas and business areas and this must be a smaller town in order for -- okay. we're trying to get someone on the phone now, lou, a former new york police officer. is lou on the phone now or are we still working to get him? say again? almost